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The 2011 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), the world's leading international conference for optical communications and networking professionals, will feature three premier telecommunications industry leaders during its plenary session. Deutsche Telekom CTO Olivier Baujard, IBM Blue Gene Chief Architect Alan Gara and AT&T Wireless Senior Vice President -- Architecture and Planning Kris Rinne will present keynote addresses during the OFC/NFOEC plenary session on Tuesday, March 8 in Los Angeles, Calif., USA. Their presentations will provide important insights into the latest improvements in supercomputing, broadband technology and network transformation, and the growth of new wireless services and wireless broadband demands. This year OFC/NFOEC will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.

WHO:    OFC/NFOEC Plenary speakers are:

        Olivier Baujard

        Deutsche Telekom

        Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

        Currently titled, "Surfing the Wave of the Gigabit Society"

        Baujard's presentation will discuss the future data and media

        centric world with a particular emphasis on the challenges it

        presents for network operators. Additionally, Baujard will 

        cover network transformation and strategy and practical 

        examples of how to enable efficient broadband. Baujard will 

        also talk about Deutsche

        Telecom and their vision for the future.

        Alan Gara

        IBM

        Blue Gene Chief Architect

        Gara's presentation entitled "Supercomputing's symbiotic

        relationship with advanced optics" will discuss the challenges 

        of reaching computing at the exaflop level with special 

        emphasis on areas where traditional communication solutions 

        will not suffice. As in the past, optical technologies will be

        needed to address new scales of cost, power and performance 

        density. Innovation in optics is critical to the success of 

        future supercomputers. This results in supercomputers also 

        serving as a breeding ground for advances and development in 

        optical technologies that will migrate to the broader

        commercial market.

        Kris Rinne

        AT&T Wireless

        Senior Vice President, Architecture and Planning

        Rinne's presentation will share insights into the explosive 

        growth of mobile data and how that growth impacts optical 

        networks including cell site backhaul. She will also discuss 

        the evolution from HSPA to LTE.

WHEN:   OFC/NFOEC will be held March 6 - 10, 2011 (Plenary Session -

        Tuesday, March 8, 08:00 - 11:00 PST)

WHERE:  Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA